CEDAR FALLS — The benefits that come with racking up a Class 5A-leading 380 rushing yards in the first week of the season showed themselves to the Marshalltown football team in Week 2. One week after passing for just three yards in a 40-14 season-opening romp over archrival Ames, the Bobcats ...

TAMA — The South Tama football team snapped a 25-game losing streak by stifling Vinton-Shellsburg for a 20-8 victory in Friday night’s season opener. The Trojans, who hadn’t won since beating Saydel 53-0 on Sept. 2, 2022, handed the visiting Vikings their 22nd consecutive loss. STC held ...

LE GRAND — East Marshall junior quarterback Jaxson Boswell threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for three scores as the Mustangs opened the season with a 42-20 victory over BCLUW on Friday night. The Mustangs scored in all four quarters to rack up the most points either team has scored ...

Adam Goodvin’s first game as the head coach of the Marshalltown High School football team was a 30-point loss at home to archrival Ames. Eight years later, the Bobcats got some measure of revenge. Juniors Jamison Niehouse and Tyler Englund combined to rush for 327 yards and five ...

The implementation of the flexbone offense didn’t yield immediate success for the Marshalltown High School football program last fall, but it did open the Bobcats’ eyes to what might be possible. The full-scale installation of the triple-option offense popularized by the service academies ...

CONRAD — Bob McIntyre hails from a much larger city known for its beloved black-and-gold football team, but the Pittsburgh native is excited to be taking on a new role in small-town Iowa as the head coach at BCLUW High School. McIntyre, whose coaching resume includes stints at his alma ...